We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Here are their stories.
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The Gift of a Satisfying Career
Robert Hillstrom ’70 says he owes nearly everything he has of value to his law school education. See how he is paying it forward through a scholarship that he hopes will enable “students to have a career as satisfying as mine.”
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Alumnus Gives Back to Encourage Students
"The clinics in which I was involved during law school taught me how to litigate and the law school gave me the degree to do it. If you were to ask me, I'd say William Mitchell gave me everything I have today." - Richard L. Tousignant ‘86
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'Lifelong learner' Jim Baker Lends a Hand
Jim Baker '03 can be described a lot of ways: He's a chemical engineer, an inventor, a patent attorney and, perhaps most important, a champion of education. It's this last characteristic that has made all the others possible—and defined his life.
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Scholarship Helps Student Jenny Nystrom Pursue Her Passion: Healing Fractured Families
For 15 years before becoming a student at William Mitchell—a predecessor school of Mitchell Hamline, Jenny Nystrom ‘12 had been working with separated parents to improve the lives of the children caught in the middle of broken families. That's the kind of childhood she had and she's made it her goal to make a difference in the lives of other children living in unstable families.
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A Gift For What 'Really Matters'
It's a Friday morning in February and Rolf Engh is sitting in a William Mitchell conference room talking with his wife Nancy and a Mitchell employee about how the college has changed since he enrolled in 1978.
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The Making of a Scholarship
Over the years, Robert "Bob" Hillstrom '70, a constant companion to his late wife, Patricia, had given a lot of thought to his experience at William Mitchell—a predecessor school of Mitchell Hamline—and how his legal education launched his successful law career.
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Alum’s Support Continues With Estate Gift Funding Diversity Scholarships
Peter Berge, a well-known attorney in the Twin Cities, was also an invested member of the Mitchell Hamline community. He served as an adjunct and an alumni board member for many years and continued his investment in the school after his death with a significant estate gift, a portion of which will endow a permanent scholarship in Peter’s name for diverse students and another portion will provide matching funds for new gifts to diversity scholarships at Mitchell Hamline.
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